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General Discussion / Thanking a Retiring Staff Member
« on: December 15, 2009, 08:27:16 PM »
To all USA Division Members,

One of our longest serving VATUSA staff members, Cornell Lloyd has decided to retire from his position as the Southern Air Traffic Director, VATUSA8.  Cornell has had a long and distinguished tenure as a part VATUSA staff beginning way back in February 2006.  His time and dedication to this division and to the VATSIM network as a whole are much appreciated and will be greatly missed.  He has always put forth a positive attitude and a commitment to bettering VATUSA for all members to enjoy.  As with so many of our staffers before, and as fate will determine for many others yet to be, Cornell's achievements and advancements outside of the network have risen to the point where tough decisions about how to spend time have to be made, and while this is a distinct loss for VATUSA, we wish him all the best and nothing but great successes in all of his future endeavors.

So raise a glass and toast our friend, colleague, and fellow VATSIM'er, Cornell Lloyd for a happy retirement and blue skies ahead!

Good Luck, we will miss your involvement, and don't forget that you always have a home in VATUSA.


Sincerely,

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The Classroom (Controller Tips) / Update on Oakland Oceanic
« on: October 16, 2009, 06:48:23 PM »
For some time, the future of this sector has been somewhat tentative, and I apologize that I have not effectively communicated what is happening there.  Thanks to the efforts of those who have come before me, a partnership is being developed in conjunction with the VATSIM Oceania Region and some its member divisions to provide for better coverage of the Pacific Ocean which will be managed by a six member Board with two representatives from each affected division, one of which is to be the Division Director.  We are working toward a system by which an endorsement to work Oceanic in any one of the sectors contained within the partnership would allow the member to provide services in any of the others.  This is essentially an agreement of reciprocity in training and airspace endorsement, and should not be construed as a Pacific Ocean “Super Center” type of sector.  However it will allow members from different divisions to work together in these airspaces and provide more consistency in coverage and a broader number of controllers qualified to provide services in Oakland Oceanic.    Currently, the SOP and Training Standards have been ironed out as a result of efforts that happened before my tenure as VATUSA1.  What remains are some infrastructure and organizational issues that need to be finished in order to realize this partnership as a reality.  The timetable for the completion of the partnership is somewhat ambiguous due to staffing changes and time available.  Until the partnership is fully implemented, it is my intention to reopen the ZAK airspace on its own.  Once the partnership is completed, ZAK can very easily merge into it, but there is no reason to leave Oakland Oceanic in a state of limbo while these final preparations are taking place.  It is expected that the ZAK airspace will be back up and running by November 15, 2009 at the latest.

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NOTAMs / VATUSA Website Login
« on: August 29, 2009, 09:05:27 AM »
Ok everyone -

In the interest of simplicity, I have modified the login script so that you can use your VATSIM password to access the VATUSA website.  Your current password will also work making this an either/or type of situation for the time being.  This is not a decision I am taking lightly.  On the one hand there is the simplicity of a single login, yet on the other hand, moving solely to VATSIM password makes our login system dependent on someone else's infrastructure (no offense to VATSIM).

So for the interim, the website will be advertised as a single sign in with the VATSIM password and should we need to switch back to a separate password, that ability will exist.

Regards,

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General Discussion / Get the Latest Events updates at VATUSA via RSS and Twitter!
« on: July 15, 2009, 09:55:12 AM »
Get the latest updates on upcoming events in VATUSA by following us on Twitter.

@flyvatusa

http://twitter.com/flyvatusa

You can also subscribe to our RSS feed for upcoming events at http://www.vatusa.us/feeds/events_feed.php

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Virtual Airlines / VATUSA Upcoming Events RSS and XML Feeds
« on: July 13, 2009, 09:38:14 PM »
There is now a next 30 days of events RSS feed available at http://www.vatusa.us/feeds/events_feed.php

XML Version is available at http://www.vatusa.us/feeds/events_xml.php

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General Discussion / VATUSA Systems Recovery - Take 2
« on: June 03, 2009, 09:37:43 PM »
Ok folks,

So here's where we are at:

  • Public Site functionality is being restored
  • New members process should be working now
  • Forums restored
  • ATM panel restored
  • Instructor Panel Restored
  • Cert Center Restored

Training Center is being worked on now.  I am still chasing bugs here and there in the transfer and instructor systems, but we are getting them worked out.  any help requests should be sent through our new help desk system at support.vatusa.net.

Thanks

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General Discussion / VATUSA Website and Data Systems
« on: May 30, 2009, 04:33:27 PM »
Ok guys,

We are hobbling along with some glitches here and there and we are working to get those solved one by one.  Please bear with us as these issues are resolved.

Updates will be forthcoming, but just probably not every hour like before.

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